Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.May 43 minAt Trinity: Sueño confounds and enchantsWow! Sueño means dream in English. The play called Sueño certainly possesses all the characteristics of a dream and much more. For...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Apr 104 minAt PPAC: Dear Evan Hansen is all heartOn opening night, audience members at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) showed their love for Dear Evan Hansen with torrents...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Mar 254 minAt PPAC: Oklahoma! re-imaginedThe Oklahoma! you will see at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) through March 27 isn’t your grandparents’ version of the...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Mar 225 minAt Trinity: Gem of the Ocean gleams and cuts deepAugust Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean is on stage in Trinity Rep’s Elizabeth and Malcom Chace performance space upstairs at the Lederer...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Feb 224 minAt PPAC: An Officer and a Gentleman enduresAn Officer and a Gentleman, the musical, came to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Friday February 18 for a whirlwind stay....
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Feb 143 minAt Trinity - Tiny Beautiful Things works hardSometimes a play makes the actors work, and sometimes the actors make the play work. (Oh, and, of course, the director too.) Often both...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Feb 132 minAt PPAC - Jesus Christ Superstar is still SuperReturning to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for its 50th anniversary North American tour, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Dec 13, 20212 minAt PPAC - Hamilton makes history using historyAfter a Covid-19 imposed pause that began in March 2020, Hamilton returned to the live stage, arriving in Rhode Island at the Providence...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Dec 13, 20214 minAt The Gamm - It's a Wonderful Life is a wonderful showIt’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play at the Gamm Theatre in Warwick will run through December 24. You will be missing something very...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Nov 21, 20216 minAt Trinity – Christmas Carol rises high, hits homeBefore the start of Trinity Rep’s forty-fifth annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, on press night, (November 10),...
Laurence J. Sasso, Jr.Oct 16, 20212 minAt PPAC - Pretty Woman is pretty darn good Before the opening curtain for Pretty Woman: The Musical at the Providence Performing Arts Center on October 12, J. L. “Lynn” Singleton,...